The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services again delivered bad news for many Ohioans looking for good paying jobs. The loss of 2,800 jobs in October added to the state’s slowing job growth rate, which at 0.91 percent again underperformed the national job growth rate of 1.56 percent, this time by 42 percent.

Ohio’s employment growth under Gov. John Kasich has been below the USA national average for 46 of the last 47 months, according to analysis provided by Ohio’s premier data detective, George Zeller, an economic research analyst based in Cleveland.

In a news conference call with reporters Wednesday, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown outlined his priorities for U.S. trade policy under President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration. Sen. Brown, one of only two Democrats elected statewide, released a letter to President-Elect Trump outlining ways the new White House administration can follow through on campaign promises to make U.S. trade policy work for Ohioans and protect American jobs.

Sen. Brown will defend his seat in two years, but in the minority again following elections eight days ago, he wants to find common ground with Trump’s administration when it comes to keeping and bringing back […]